Water lily quilt

Three Water Lilies is one of many beautiful art quilts made by Ann Fahl

Flowers in Art Quilts — Sandra Mollon Quilts

silver linings quilting pattern water lily

"Water Lily Trio" by Kathie R Kerler, Zigzag Pizzazz Technique

The pattern for this beautiful foundation-pieced quilt block, designed by Linda Causee, is free from FreePatterns.com. Get the pattern.

Water lilies run the entire gamut of color -- rose, blue, orchid, yellow, but of course the best known ones are creamy white with a gorgeous center of green and gold. So let's do the petals and bud white if you are using tinted background material, and lightest yellow if you are embroidering your blocks on white. Centers are the coppery orange, leaves dull green and water lines blue. Transfer to nine inch squares, use simple well known stitches such as outline, lazy daisy, buttonhole and…

I started making small art quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative in 2007 when I was a new quilter. Both of my parents suffered from Alzheimer's, and I wrote a bit about why I make these quilts in this post. This quilt, Fading Memories, is my favorite. Both my parents served in the Navy…